From d67f938499d37a11df9af62764e672f2b1d979d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Lander Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:25:29 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update documentation and links --- Documentation/glossary.md | 7 +++++++ Documentation/intro-to-clr.md | 2 +- Documentation/mscorlib.md | 2 +- README.md | 1 + 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/glossary.md b/Documentation/glossary.md index 81e8eaa..f8fa9f2 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary.md +++ b/Documentation/glossary.md @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +.NET Core Glossary +=== + +This glossary defines terms, both common and more niche, that are important to understand when reading .NET Core documents and source code. They are also often used by .NET Core team members and other contributers when conversing on GitHub (issues, PRs), on twitter and other sites. + +As much as possible, we should link to the most authoritative and recent source of information for a term. That approach should be the most helpful for people who want to learn more about a topic. + * COR: [Common Object Runtime](http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/mscorlibdll.aspx). The name of .NET before it was named .NET. * DAC: Data Access Component. An abstraction layer over the internal structures in the runtime. * EE: Execution Engine. diff --git a/Documentation/intro-to-clr.md b/Documentation/intro-to-clr.md index 8a26daa..a12fea8 100644 --- a/Documentation/intro-to-clr.md +++ b/Documentation/intro-to-clr.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Introduction to the Common Language Runtime (CLR) === -By Vance Morrison (@vancem) - 2007 +By Vance Morrison ([@vancem](https://github.com/vancem)) - 2007 What is the Common Language Runtime (CLR)? To put it succinctly: diff --git a/Documentation/mscorlib.md b/Documentation/mscorlib.md index 29edef3..9482320 100644 --- a/Documentation/mscorlib.md +++ b/Documentation/mscorlib.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Mscorlib and Calling Into the Runtime === -Author: Brian Grunkemeyer (@briangru) - 2006 +Author: Brian Grunkemeyer ([@briangru](https://github.com/briangru)) - 2006 # Introduction diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 43738d1..4104eb1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Historically, new devs to the CLR team would be encouraged to read the "Book of - [Book of the Runtime FAQ](https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr/blob/master/Documentation/botr-faq.md) - [Introduction to the Common Language Runtime](https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr/blob/master/Documentation/intro-to-clr.md) - [Mscorlib and Calling Into the Runtime](https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr/blob/master/Documentation/mscorlib.md) +- [.NET Core Glossary](https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr/blob/master/Documentation/glossary.md) - More coming ## How to Engage, Contribute and Provide Feedback -- 2.7.4